IBT Staff Reporter

European Central Bank Executive Board Member Juergen Stark will step down from his post because of a conflict over the central bank's controversial bond-buying program, two sources told Reuters on Friday.

Electronic Arts Inc on Friday won the dismissal of a lawsuit by former Rutgers University quarterback Ryan Hart accusing it of using his image in its NCAA Football video game without permission.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday announced the availability of two funding opportunities for community health centers to help build, expand and improve community health centers across the U.S. to provide needed care to low-income Americans.

It worked for asbestos so why not for toxic mortgages?

Kroger Co , the biggest U.S. supermarket chain reported higher quarterly net profit as robust sales eased worries that higher food prices would cause shoppers to reel in spending.

It worked for asbestos so why not for toxic mortgages?

Sprint will keep its unlimited data plan even when it gets the iPhone 5 according to a report.

European Central Bank Executive Board member Juergen Stark is resigning his post in what sources say is a protest against its policy of buying bonds to help troubled euro zone debtor states.

Stock indexes extended declines on Friday, with the Dow industrials down 3 percent as investors fretted over discord within the European Central Bank over how to deal with the region's sovereign debt crisis.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Friday that the Obama administration's new jobs bill, if passed by Congress, would have a substantial positive impact on the U.S. economy.

More people chose to stick to the Weight Watchers diet, and lost more weight and fat mass, than those assigned to standard primary care, new research found.

President Barack Obama, seeking to rescue a faltering U.S. economy and his own re-election prospects, began an uphill battle on Friday to win Republican support for a $447 billion jobs plan.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended against an immediate approval for Bayer AG and Johnson & Johnson’s anti-clotting drug, Xarelto, as a treatment to prevent strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Juergen Stark is to quit his position on the European Central Bank's Executive Board, the bank said on Friday.

McDonald's Corp reported a lower-than-expected rise in worldwide August sales at established restaurants on a steep drop in Japan and a lull in new product launches in the United States.

A recent report by J.D. Power and Associates states that the overall satisfaction with smartphones is higher for devices which are of a certain size and weight and have the wherewithal which includes good-quality display, faster processors, long lasting battery and touch screen capabilities.

Norovirus remained the most common food-borne disease in 2008, but more people were hospitalized for Salmonella poisoning than any other food-related illness, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says in its annual report on food-borne illness.

McDonald's Corp reported a lower-than-expected 3.5 percent rise in global August sales at established restaurants on Friday, with all its markets disappointing analysts.

The top German official at the European Central Bank is to quit early in disagreement with the bank's policy of buying euro zone government bonds to combat the currency bloc's debt crisis.

According to recent research, ancient meteorites may have showered the Earth with gold.

Oil was discovered in 1978 deep under the forest floor in this corner of Eastern Siberia, but the challenges of drilling here were created hundreds of millions of years ago in a churn of silt and sea water.

The struggling U.S. housing market is expected to fall a little further as it searches for a bottom, but home prices are seen ticking up modestly in 2012, according to a Reuters poll released on Friday.

Dutchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton is expecting “Royal Twins,” the buzz was all around, confirmed by Star Magazine, US Weekly and several other media outlets.

President Barack Obama, seeking to rescue a faltering economy and his own re-election prospects, began an uphill battle on Friday to win Republican support for a $447 billion jobs plan.

The global car industry descends on Frankfurt next week to show off the latest models it hopes will fend off an economic slowdown in some of its biggest markets, as government spending cuts chip away at consumer confidence in Europe.

McDonald's Corp reported a lower-than-expected rise in global August sales at established restaurants on Friday, with Asia turning lower on a big drop in Japan and the United States and Europe also missing expectations.

Stock index futures fell on Friday as investors remained skeptical about how much of President Barack Obama's $447 billion proposal to generate U.S. jobs would make it through Congress.

Stock index futures fell on Friday as a jobs proposal by President Barack Obama did little to reassure investors concerned about weak economic growth.

While the Samsung Galaxy S2 is yet to hit the U.S market, Motorola Droid Bionic has made its way on Verizon’s fast 4G network.